Category: books
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Writing Resources From Me & OCWW
It was a delight to be featured in AboutWrite, the column on craft with the Off Campus Writers’ Workshop. I’m a big believer in nurturing and encouraging every writer out there, and compiling a giant list of Writer Resources has been one of the biggest, most exciting elements of my presidency within the workshop. Click…
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Talking Critique Partners with Books Uplift
***I was honored to share some thoughts on what makes a solid critique partner when it comes to writing. Below are my words published with Books Uplift (run by Kimberly Charleston). “We place our hearts on our pages. Consider that visual and now imagine whom you would want to care for that heart. The most courageous…
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Book Launch Party: MEANINGFUL CONFLICTS
It was everything and more! Many thanks to the 150 people who gathered at the Community House in Winnetka to toast the worldwide release of Off Campus Writers’ Workshop’s themed anthology Meaningful Conflicts. I have a flash fiction piece and a poem in the book, and I served as a developmental editor (my first editorial…
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University of Iowa Alumni News & Happy Friday
It was a delight to be featured in Alumni News for my alma mater, the University of Iowa. I spent four glorious years writing in Iowa City and the many hours of critiquing and workshopping are nostalgic and smile-inducing to this day. Moreover, I’m so pleased at the shoutout for Off Campus Writers Workshop (my…
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Book News: Writing About COVID w/ Capsule Stories
Let’s get real: it was excruciating to write about COVID while existing through COVID. Whatever I managed to get on the page never felt right and it usually didn’t follow any kind of format, likely because I felt like I was drowning- drowning in e-learning, in uncertainty, in anxiety, and just about every other stressor…
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eBook Sale: Get Turning Points for $2.99
I’ve got high-give kind of news- the eBook for Turning Points is on major sale this week: just $2.99! (yes, cheaper than that latte you are holding). This is a great opportunity to add the Anthology to your Kindle or eReader device. As always, thank you for being a supporter of my writing and the…
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Book Release: Turning Points
It’s been a surreal week and I was able to do something I’ve dreamt of for so long: walk into a book store and hold a copy of my book. In sharing this news, I think it’s important to infuse this caveat: I’ve had many other writing/book projects fail. I had a children’s book and…